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KKR, HASI Sustainable Infrastructure Investment Platform Raises $592 Million

Alternative asset and private equity investor KKR and climate solutions and sustainable infrastructure investment firm HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) announced an agreement by...

SWEN Capital Raises $183 Million for New Ocean Impact Venture Fund

Responsible-investment focused asset manager SWEN Capital Partners announced that it has raised €160 million (USD$183 million) at the first close of its SWEN Blue...

In California, a biomass company’s expansion raises fears of more fires

Wood pellets, by design, are highly flammable. The small pieces of compressed woody leftovers, like sawdust, are used in everything from home heating to...

Trump’s second term is creating ‘a limbo moment’ for US battery recyclers

In a recycling facility in Covington, Georgia, workers grind up dead batteries into a fine, dark powder. In the past, the factory shipped that...

‘Ticking Time Bomb’ of Ocean Acidification Has Already Crossed Planetary Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems: Study

On the first day of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France, the findings of a new study have revealed that ocean acidification...

Kabul Could Become First Modern City Globally to Run Out of Water: Report

A new report from Mercy Corps, an NGO, has warned that Kabul, Afghanistan could be the first modern city in the world to run...

Dehorning Rhinos Reduces Poaching by Nearly 80%: Study

Removing the horns of rhinoceros has been found to be an effective way to drastically reduce poaching of the endangered mammals. A new study by...

More than 99% of Walmart, Netflix Shareholders Reject Anti-DEI Proposals

Shareholders at Walmart and Netflix voted overwhelmingly to reject anti-DEI proposals brought by a conservative shareholder group, with resolutions brought at each company’s annual...

Amazon’s AWS More than Halfway to Achieving 2030 Water Positive Goal

Amazon’s cloud provider service, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it is more than halfway towards reaching its “water positive” goal to return more...

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